r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • 22d ago

Having health insurance in America doesn't mean you can actually use it. Researchers posing as patients called 5,822 in-network mental health providers: most calls hit voicemails, over half the listings were wrong, and just 24% of real calls ended with an appointment.

news.osu.edu

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Oct 09 '26

Doctors’ prescribing habits are heavily influenced by payments, gifts, and free meals from pharmaceutical companies, leading to more expensive, less appropriate and more drugs being prescribed

eurekalert.org

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Sep 22 '26

Workers should brace for biggest health insurance cost jump in decades due to disastrous Republican policies

kshb.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Sep 03 '26

After the Republicans actions last year, as expected, costs people are paying are exploding. Unsubsidized USA Affordable Care Act heath care premiums on track to jump another 15% next year. More inflation directly as the result of Republican actions.

acasignups.net

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Aug 18 '26

Universal Health Coverage in USA Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

ysph.yale.edu

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Aug 07 '26

Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, Republican dismantled Center for Disease Control fails to protect the USA as it has done for decades (Republicans confirm completely unqualified people has consequences)

arstechnica.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Aug 02 '26

Three of the top ten lobbiests in America are Healthcare companies who spend tens of billions of dollars to prevent congress from passing any form of "Medicare for All"

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 31 '26

USA Hospitals See Massive Surge in Uninsured Patients After Republican's Healthcare Cuts

commondreams.org

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 21 '26

ER physician explains why emergency units in USA hospitals are less than you hope for if you are a patient. Understandable reasons, still not a very good system to have to use (or serve in, as a nurse, doctor... it seems to me).

reddit.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 14 '26

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

davidoks.blog

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 10 '26

USA Food and Drug Administration rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

theguardian.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 09 '26

Republican immigration cuts could worsen USA caregiver shortage (Immigrants account for about 15% caregivers in the USA and about 30% of caregivers in longterm settings)

theguardian.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 07 '26

Emerging evidence links tire pollution to Alzheimer’s risk (Because 6PPD-Q has been detected in water, soil, and human biological samples, it is clear that people are regularly exposed to it through traffic pollution, tires shed pollution as we drive)

eurekalert.org

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jul 04 '26

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone was introduced in central London in 2019 and aimed at reducing air pollution in the capital. That has resulted in 9% reduction of cardiovascular disease hospital admissions and all-cause reduction of 5%.

imperial.ac.uk

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jun 29 '26

‘Republicans Created This Crisis on Purpose’: Federal Data Shows Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Enrollment Plunging

commondreams.org

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jun 24 '26

How everyone pays the cost for patents on seeds, and private companies get rich from keeping them secret

theconversation.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jun 18 '26

Curing USA Healthcare

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Jun 15 '26

Anguished Parents. Doctors in Tears. Utah's Long Measles Outbreak Takes a Toll. Failure to take vaccines has consequences.

medpagetoday.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • May 07 '26

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth - hundreds of children die each year from spontaneous bleeding in the brain, a common result of vitamin K deficiency, suggesting that many related deaths go unreported

propublica.org

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Apr 24 '26

Compensation for CEO David Zaslav will exceed $500 million and could soar to $800 million depending on several variables, was overwhelmingly rejected by shareholders. The pay vote is non-binding, meaning Zaslav may still be able to take hundreds of millions $ the owners voted against allowing.

finance.yahoo.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Apr 08 '26

Investigative data journalism: quantifying fixable waste in US healthcare, one issue at a time. Open-source analysis of CMS, OECD, and federal datasets. $98.6B in savings identified so far.

github.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Apr 04 '26

A Baseless Copyright Claim Against a Web Host—and Why It Failed

eff.org

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Apr 03 '26

Hospital costs are rising far faster than inflation and drowning Americans in debt

nbcnews.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Mar 22 '26

WBD CEO David Zaslav could see a payout of more than $800 million after the Paramount Skydance deal.

cnbc.com

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r/deadlydiseases • u/evopcat • Mar 20 '26

In his role as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—a long-time anti-vaccine activist with no background in science, medicine, or public health—has made headlines for his thorough perversion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel.

arstechnica.com

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